शैडोइंग अभ्यास: When Tourists Are Asian - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें

पाठ बनाया जा रहा है...
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Son, this is the great country of America.
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This is where Chinese food was invented.
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Oh my god, that's a tree.
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The travel agency had a sale, and my dad bought a trip to Vermont because it was 75% off.
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Don't go get the sale.
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Why you don't stand up straight?
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What the hell?
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Why you fail geometry?
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So we landed, and a white van took us and dropped us off here.
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You see, it looks so good.
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Look.
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Oh my god it's a cat It's just a cat dad
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That's an American cat He does have a camera
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But he thinks it's broken
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Because he doesn't know you have to remove the lens cap Before you can take photos I could tell him
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But it's the only entertainment Keeping me sane right now
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It's made in China my uncle probably made
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that hello sorry I take a chicken come come come stay still see don't move don't stay still
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That's a chicken that that's an American chicken everything in America so beautiful Oh my god
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this artwork that made by the the van gogh
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or Picasso uh it says it's made by even Steve
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that no I'm pretty sure it's Picasso I take a picture
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stand under the the thing go stand under I take a
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picture of you under the Picasso la come on higher hi Stephen go higher why you're so short
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Steven look this the ancient artifact is really special take a photo of me
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What the hell how are you taking the photo I look 10 years older it's not me he looks like
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that in real life too
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Oh my god it's Matt Damon it's not Matt Damon
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So he's a huge fan of America but he's never seen an American before except on TV Hello, can I take a photo with you?
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I'm flattered but I'm not famous What?
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You're too handsome not to be movie star I know Jackie Chan, listen I hook you up, okay So what's famous around here?
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Well, New York City is not far from here so New York?
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Oh, New York has good Chinatown, my cousin told me Stephen, Stephen, we're going to Chinatown We came all the way to America to...
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Okay

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “When Tourists Are Asian”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: photo, America, Picasso, Stephen, chicken. This video has 34 sentences and 374 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:35. The speaker talks at a steady 145 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 7 of its 34 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
uncle noun/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
cousin noun/ˈkʌz(ə)n/Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a…
hook noun/hʊk/A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
steven noun/ˈstiːvən/Voice, especially when loud or strong.
handsome adjective/ˈhæn.səm/Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly
lens noun/lɛnz/An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
artwork noun/ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art.
geometry noun/d͡ʒiˈɑ.mə.tɹi/The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.
sane adjective/seɪn/Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
invent verb/ɪnˈvɛnt/To design a new process or mechanism.
artifact noun/ˈɑɹtɪfækt/An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.
flatter verb/ˈflætɚ/To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
stand up verbTo rise from a lying or sitting position.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Why you don't stand up straight?
  • Why you fail geometry?
  • I'm flattered but I'm not famous What?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like uncle, cousin, hook.

शैडोइंग तकनीक क्या है?

शैडोइंग (Shadowing) एक विज्ञान-समर्थित भाषा सीखने की तकनीक है जो मूल रूप से पेशेवर दुभाषिया प्रशिक्षण के लिए विकसित की गई थी। विधि सरल लेकिन शक्तिशाली है: आप मूल अंग्रेज़ी ऑडियो सुनते हैं और तुरंत इसे ज़ोर से दोहराते हैं — जैसे वक्ता की छाया 1-2 सेकंड की देरी से। शोध से पता चलता है कि यह उच्चारण सटीकता, स्वर, लय, जुड़ी हुई ध्वनियाँ, सुनने की समझ और बोलने की प्रवाहशीलता में काफ़ी सुधार करता है।

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